Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:49:58 -0600
From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs"
Message-id: <00122922011300.02628@krr>
Subject: Re: [SLE] virus
Virus checkers will suspect a virus when the boot sector (Master Boot
Record - MBR) changes. Eg. when lilo changes the MBR for loading Linux
and windows when the MBR previously had the windows loader.
This probably does not apply to booting from a floppy however the boot that is
on the floppy is probably different from that on you hard disk (perhaps you
have the HD boot only windows) and the virus checker may be expecting them to be
the same. If this is the case then setup lilo on the floppy to boot either
Linux and windows. And when this works sucessfully (the warnings will still
continue) then use lilo to write to the same boot up to the MBR.
The virus complaints may stop then but then you probably will not have a reason
to boot from a floppy except in an emergency.
Kurtrr
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Julia Maddocks wrote:
I have a fic motherborad (SD11) with a built in virus checker
When I boot Linux from floppy, the built in virus checker goes off and
warns me a virus is present in the boot sector. I am using a new, linux
formatted boot disc and don't beleive there is a virus there
any ideas?
tia
Julia
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